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Solitaire (bird)

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Solitaires
Brown-backed solitaire
Brown-backed solitaire
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Passeri
Family: Turdidae
Genera


The solitaires are medium-sized mostly insectivorous birds in the genera Myadestes, Cichlopsis and Entomodestes of the thrush family Turdidae.

Taxonomy

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Although all three genera of solitaires are morphologically similar, genetic studies have indicated that they are not particularly closely related. The genus Myadestes is in the basal clade of the family Turdidae, along with the genera Sialia (the bluebirds) and Neocossyphus (African ant-thrushes).[1]

Species list

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Thrushes in three genera are called "solitaires":

References

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  1. ^ Klicka, John; Voelker, Gary & Spellman, Garth M. (March 2005). "A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the "true thrushes" (Aves: Turdinae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 34 (3): 486–500. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.001. PMID 15683924.
  2. ^ a b c Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Thrushes". IOC World Bird List. International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 16 April 2020.